I can't quite tell whether you have space on the walls facing or parallel to the toilet for this, but it was my solution for a teeny tiny bathroom: I got a white

my neighborhood in Brooklyn is fond of leaving stuff (old dishes, books, you name it) out on stoops to be traded. I see no reason packing materials couldn't fit into the same category, provided it...

a friend and I *each* recently wound up with our very own 1 gallon jugs of vegetable oil, left behind by a friend of a friend's old roommate. good thing we were planning for a bake sale!

oh my. I really love this.

I'll second cedargr0's yarn suggestion. I also decided during a trip to Mt Rushmore last summer that I wanted to collect thimbles purely for the goofball factor -- haven't got space for much more ...

please. I grew up in a persistently dusty, drafty old house, and I get sick less often and have fewer (no) allergies than anyone I know.

oh yeah, definitely make the bed every day. (my routine is start coffee-brush teeth-make bed, and by then the coffee's done.)

I live in a studio about the same size as yours (14' square, also with a separate kitchen), and my solution was to get a canopy bed. (I know you said you already have a bed, so this is just FWIW.)...

1GH, glad to know I'm not the only one who raised an eyebrow there.

oh, that's brilliant. I have a set of four wooden folding chairs (probably nearly identical to those) that live inside a gate-leg table, and they could definitely use some softening up. seems lik...

I grew up in a sorta-no-shoes household in upstate New York, and the first thing you learn in the winter is that shoes *have* to come off as soon as you walk in the door unless you want to be soaki...

or if you don't produce a ton of food scraps (or can sacrifice the freezer space), you can just freeze them.

1 for the bed! that's beautiful.

I have a chicken/egg thing going on, I think. my workplace (of 3.5 years) has a very sleek, modern thing going on -- glossy white/stainless surfaces, boxy bright upholstered furniture -- which I t...

I realize this isn't the heart of the matter, but if the flag is hanging in a window, wouldn't it appear with the stars on the left from the POV of everyone except the two people staying in the room?

I am thoroughly in love with folding laundry and organizing -- I get to see what I own, and I love the feeling of everything-just-so when I'm done. (incidentally, liking laundry is also a great wa...

also check with your IT department at work -- the boxes that laptops ship in also fall into the small-but-sturdy category, and larger boxes from desktop PCs and monitors are great for lighter stuff...

I'm utterly in love with your sofa.

nice to see upstaters representing!

thumbs up from one tiny-kitchen baker to another! mine trades even less counter space for a bigger sink. thank god for stackable cooling racks.